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Critical Issues of the 21st Century
#16066
Open to: Grades 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,6
Prerequisite: Two Social Science credits
Description: In this course emphasis will be on active
discussion of key articles in the news from the interna-
tional to the local level. Students will also be expected to
do research in selected topics to provide greater depth of
understanding of current issues. Curriculum topics will be
chosen from student interest as well as from teacher’s in-
put.
Introduction to Economics
#16076
Open to: Grade 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.2,7
Prerequisite: None
Description: Economics is the key to understanding our
world, our government and our economy. It examines hu-
man behavior and how people make important decisions
about money, personal finances, and politics. Students will
learn about the struggle between wants and needs and be-
tween rich and poor. Topics include: free enterprise, sup-
ply and demand, comparing different economic systems,
unemployment, national debt, inflation, recession, the
government’s role in the economy, and the merits of capi-
talism. Students will take part in the Stock Market Game,
learn about credit cards, and how to manage their money.
Innovations in Economics
#16086
Open to: Grades 10, 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.2,7
Prerequisite: None
Description: This course is designed to re-awaken the in-
novator within. Working with cutting-edge technologies,
students will: have hands-on experiences like no other,
collaborate with other creative students to identify prob-
lems of the future and work to find solutions, learn about
innovators of the past, examine what today’s innovators
are achieving and prepare themselves to become innova-
tors of the future. The ideal student should be creative,
willing to take risks and make mistakes. A strong desire to
solve problems through collaborative learning is a neces-
sary component.
Maine & Local History
#16096
Open to: Grades 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,2,5
Prerequisite: None
Description: This course is designed to give the student
a strong foundation in selective topics of Maine and lo-
cal history. Emphasis is placed on the colonial period
through the 20th century. Extensive use of local resources
will aid the student in establishing solid research skills.
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Modern East Asian History
#16106
Open to: Grades 10, 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.5,6
Prerequisite: None
Description: This course will use modernity as an organizing
framework to understand the twentieth-century histories of
China, Japan and Korea. This course will focus on the transition
from Feudal Japan, Japanese Expansion, Nationalist and Com-
munist China, China’s Economic Transformation, and Post-War
Korea.
Moral Philosophy
#16116
Open to: Grades 10, 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,2
Prerequisite: None
Description: The focus of this course is ethical decision mak-
ing. This course will introduce students to major ethical theo-
ries that attempt to govern right and wrong behavior. Topics
will include, but are not limited to: utilitarianism, virtue theory,
egoism, multiculturalism, social contract theory, and ethics of
religion. After working through the theories, students will at-
tempt to apply them to ethical problems present in society.
Psychology Part A
#16126
Open to: Grade 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,2
Prerequisite: None
Description: This is an introduction to the field of psychology
designed to prepare students to complete an introductory col-
lege level class in the field of psychology. Topics covered include:
psychological research, learning, childhood and adolescent,
dreams, illusions, states of consciousness, anxiety and coping
strategies.
Psychology Part B
#16166
Open to: Grades 11 & 12
Level: CP
Credit: .5
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,2
Prerequisite: Psychology Part A
Description: The second part of psychology covers anxiety
and coping strategies, social psychology, testing and individual
differences, abnormal psychology and social influence. The
curriculum includes a large number of educational activities.
AP Psychology
#16137
Open to: Grade 12
Level: AP
Credit: 1
Standards Addressed: BHS.SSGS.1,2
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
Description: This class is designed to prepare students to suc-
cessfully complete the AP exam in psychology. It covers all topics
that are included on the AP exam, including: the brain and ner-
vous system, learning and memory, dreams and states of con-
sciousness, developmental psychology and abnormal behavior.
Students will participate in a wide variety of activities including
both group and individual work. Summer work is required. Stu-
dents are expected to take the AP Exam, which is held in May.